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E. R. ANNABLE.

FENCE POST.

No. 311,710. Patented P81113, 1885.

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. EDVARD R. ANNABLE, OF PAY/V PAW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOHN HODGES, OF SAME PLAGE.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 350.311,710, dated February3, 1885.

Application filed April '29, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it 17mg/ concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD B. ANNABLE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Paw Paw, county of Van Buren, State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Fence-Post, of which the following is aspecieation.

My invention consists in an improved tile fence-post, substantially asherein described and claimed. My post is especially designed for use inwire fences.

A construction embodying the invention consists in tile sections locatedone above auother, with coupling-plates between the ends, and a centralrod securing the whole together'.

In the drawings forming a part ot this specification, Figure l is a sideelevation of the post with the portion in the ground represented indotted lines; Fig. 2, avertical seetion of the post taken on dottedlines 2 2 in Fig. 5, with the central rod and a portion of thecoupling-plates left full. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of thetiles. Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken part, partly in section; Fig. 5, aplan view oi" a coupling-plate, and Fig. 6 a broken part withcoupling-plate in section on line 2 2 in Fig. 5.

By making a post ot' tile sections B B, in lieu of a single length oftile forming an entire post, economy is secured from the fact that thenumber of sections B B required for a post of a given length cost farless than asingle tile representing the same length of post. A singlelength is more liable to break from the fact that the joints between thesections will yield before the tile sections will break. The sections Bare to be composed of any suitable material, and may be in any fornidesired-square, octagonal, round, or otherwise. The division between thesections B B readily admits of connecting the fence-wires to the postsby passing them through the posts, as shown in the drawings. Gains i' rmay be formed iu the end of the sections, as seen at r, Fig. 3, in whichto locate the wire. The coupling-plate has a downwardlyextending ilauge,a, adapted to lit over the end 'of a seetion, B, and auupwardly-extending flange, t, adapted to enter the interior of the endof a section, as shown in Fig. 6.

The couplingplate is provided with a central hole, n, in 5o which thesecuring-rod D is located. These iianges or ribs assist in coupling theparts when building the posts, but are ot' no especial use (except toindent the wire, as hereinafter explained) after the parts are boundtogether, as the engagement of the ends of the sections with the platesis sufficiently firm to keep the tile and plates from slipping out ofplace. The lower end ot" the rod D is headed, and the upper end isthreaded and provided 6o with a tension-nut.

In building a fence the rod D, with a length or two of the tubularsections B Bon the lower end, is let down into the earth. rl-henalternating coupling plates, tubular sections, and wires may be added.At4 the lower and upper ends ot' the post are plates or caps o s, whichcenter the rod D and forni Aa clamp when the nut is screwed down to drawthe sections together. Thus the rod oi' a size to t 7o the perforationsof the plates and passing through them is kept in the true vertical cen`ter ot' the hollows of each section, which tends to keep the postvertically straight, whether the ends ofthe tile sections are exactlysmooth 7 and square or not. A post thus made is strong and lasting, andwill be i'ound of great value where timber is scarce, and especially insections et' country where lires are liable to rage. The post may beprovided with a gains or notches 1' r, of such a depth andcoupling-plates having flanges a of such a width that said flanges willengage or indent the wires c when the tension-nut is screwed down, andthus lock the wires to the post. 8

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A feneepost consisting of sections of hollow tile, plates engagingthe ends of said 9o sections, having central perforations, and a rodpassing through the perforations and bindinglhe parts together, by whichmeans the rod is kept in the vertical center of the hollow of eachsection for the object stated, sub- 9 5 stantially as set forth.

2. A fencepost consisting of sections of hollow tile having gains in theend to receive the fen oe-wires, ribbed p] ates engagingvthe ends untosubscribed 1n tions, and a rod passi ng through the perforations andbinding the parts together, Where- 5 by the Wires are indented by theribs of the plates. substantially as seb forth.

In testimony of'the foregoing I have here- W'itnesses:

y name in the -presence of EL VARD R. ANNABLE.

J oHN HoDGEs, J oHN H. CHASE.

